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who is in need of a life preserver is unbiblical.
We have heard this used by the anti-calvinist crowd for years. The man is drowning and several people in boats pass by and then when he gets to heaven he asks when did you try and save me.
The One who rescues is God who extends the life preserver to the man to "save " him. The man to be saved must reach out and accept the life preserver or else he drowns. They correlate this analogy to the gospel message and receiving it to be saved. But there is a huge flaw in this analogy.
How can a dead man in the water be saved ?
How does a dead man grab the life preserver ?
Fallen men are not "drowning" they are already drowned ( DEAD ) in their trespasses and sins. They are dead in sin, not alive. They are spiritually dead. They are already under the water at the bottom of the river, lake or ocean. They have been dead for years or decades.
Matthew 8:22 - "But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead."
Romans 11:15 - "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?"
John 11:25 - "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
Luke 15:24 - "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry."
Luke 9:60- But Jesus told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
Ephesians 2:5- And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
hope this helps !!!
We have heard this used by the anti-calvinist crowd for years. The man is drowning and several people in boats pass by and then when he gets to heaven he asks when did you try and save me.
The One who rescues is God who extends the life preserver to the man to "save " him. The man to be saved must reach out and accept the life preserver or else he drowns. They correlate this analogy to the gospel message and receiving it to be saved. But there is a huge flaw in this analogy.
How can a dead man in the water be saved ?
How does a dead man grab the life preserver ?
Fallen men are not "drowning" they are already drowned ( DEAD ) in their trespasses and sins. They are dead in sin, not alive. They are spiritually dead. They are already under the water at the bottom of the river, lake or ocean. They have been dead for years or decades.
Matthew 8:22 - "But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead."
Romans 11:15 - "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?"
John 11:25 - "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
Luke 15:24 - "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry."
Luke 9:60- But Jesus told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
Ephesians 2:5- And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
hope this helps !!!